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appointed to proceed through North America to 

 the eastern portion of the coast of the Polar Sea. 

 The abstract of his journal has been described. He 

 returned in 1835, and was promoted to the rank 

 of Captain. In 1836 the Admiralty decided that 

 an expedition should be sent to Wager River or Re- 

 pulse Bay ; and Back, as we have just seen, was ap- 

 pointed to the* command of H.M.S. Terror ; and on 

 his return from this disastrous voyage, he received 

 the honour of knighthood. 



